Barricade

A barricade is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. As a military term, the barricade denotes any improvised field fortification, most notably on the city streets during urban warfare.

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It is also used to describe the devices actually used for this purpose. Some examples are:

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• A temporary traffic barricade, pictured here, which has the goal of dissuading passage into a protected or hazardous area.
• A large slab of cement or specially formed plastic tub of water, whose goal is to actively prevent forcible passage by a vehicle.

Polish barricades during the Warsaw Uprising

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Image:Warsaw Uprising baricade2.jpg|Polish barricade with a captured Hetzer tank destroyer built in

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Image:Warsaw Uprising baricade.jpg|Polish barricade with a street car

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Image:Barykada.jpg|Other captured Hetzer at other baricade

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